Members of the Praetorian Guard were supposed to protect the Roman emperor — but they amassed so much power that they often assassinated emperors they didn't like.Lawrence Alma-Tadema/Public DomainAfter executing Caligula, the Praetorian Guard declared Claudius the new emperor.
In 193 C.E., the Praetorian Guard did not like the emperor they were sworn to protect. Emperor Pertinax tried to issue strict reforms aimed at restoring discipline in the Guard. But they were having none of it, so the elite bodyguards executed him. Read More...
Despite his many Union victories in the American Civil War, George Henry Thomas is hardly a household name.Source: Civil War Talk
By many accounts George Henry Thomas was one of the greatest military minds in American history. So why isn’t his name mentioned in the same breath as Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George McArthur or George Patton? Thomas graduated in the same West Point class as William Tecumseh Sherman, and commanded over some triumphant victories that bested his former classmate. Read More...
A Nazi concentration camp commandant, Amon Goeth terrorized countless Jews — until he was executed for his crimes in 1946.U.S. Army Archives/National ArchivesAmon Goeth was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 10,000 people during the Holocaust.
Before the release of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Schindler’s List, Amon Goeth’s name was relatively obscure, a small, reprehensible note in the annals of history. He might have been mostly forgotten, except by those who dug deep into the historical accounts of World War II. Read More...
